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  "id": 8116132,
  "title": "Ninth woman’s body found as South African police investigate string of deaths",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/ninth-womans-body-found-as-south-african-police-investigate-string-of-8116132",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T21:59:42.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nine women's bodies have been discovered in South Africa over a two-month period, raising concern over a string of unexplained deaths east of Johannesburg. The latest victim was found half-naked and wrapped in a sheet on the side of a road in Dawn Park, and her identity has not yet been released. President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to find those responsible, stating that \"no stone will be left unturned\" in the investigation. Police have not established whether all deaths are connected or if a serial killer is responsible, but they have assembled a multidisciplinary team of detectives, intelligence officers, forensic experts and other specialists to investigate the deaths and establish any links between the cases.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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